Written answers

Monday, 22 May 2023

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Landfill: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the prevalence of potential links between landfill sites and health inequalities.

    • Environment Agency: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency.

      EU Law: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the number of laws listed on the retained EU law dashboard has decreased from 1,781 to 1,671; and which laws...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security...

      Pesticides: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what assessment she has made of (a) the need to maintain the current standards...

      UK Internal Trade: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Not for EU labelling regime will apply to goods produced in Northern Ireland for sale in (a) Great Britain and...

      UK Internal Trade: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ensure that any legislative proposals for the Not for EU labelling scheme are produced in sufficient time for...

      Water: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 183788 on Water: Sewage, which overflows cause the most harm to businesses.

      UK Internal Trade: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has conducted any consultation on the proposed introduction of not for EU labelling across the UK.

      UK Internal Trade: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Foreign Secretary’s appearance before the Sub-Committee of the House of Lords European Affairs...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of how the cost of any difference in the usage of utilities by workers in the...

      Palm Oil: Animal Feed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the percentage of palm-derived ingredients used for animal feed in the UK...

      Special Protection Areas: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 177891 on Marine Protected Areas: Northern Ireland, if she will outline...

      Flowers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve wildflower (a) populations and (b) biodiversity in (i) farmland, (ii)...

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that fox hunts take place in compliance with the law.

      Recreation Spaces: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect access to (a) green spaces and (b) Greenways in (i) Enfield North constituency and (ii)...

      Trees: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department is providing for research into ways to increase tree numbers outside of woodlands.

      Government Departments: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report 2021 to 2022.

      Big Nature Impact Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants have received funding from the Big Nature Impact Fund as of 11 May 2023.

      Rainforests: Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy for temperate rainforest initiatives to become eligible to participate in the Local Nature...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much was spent on the recruitment process for levelling up directors.

    • Housing: Portsmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of housing overcrowding in Portsmouth.

      Buildings: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he expects the planned remediation of Magellan House to take place.

      Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of residential buildings 11 metres or below that require remediation work in (a)...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an estimate on the proportion of evictions issued due to rent increases in (a) 2018, (b) 2020...

      Renters (Reform) Bill: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason his Department has not published a full assessment of the potential economic impact of the measures in the...

      Planning Permission: St Albans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 15 May 2023 to Questions 184227 and 184229 on Planning Permission: St Albans, when he plans to...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a blind bidding system for purchasing houses.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the recent withdrawal of L&G Capital from the MMC sector, what recent assessment he has made of the...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support local councils to find appropriate accommodation in cases where Ukrainian...

      Temporary Accommodation: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households were placed in temporary accommodation outside of their local borough in (a) Enfield North...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help improve access to the private rental sector for Afghans in hotels under the Afghan...

      Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of funding for the Inter Faith Network on community cohesion, and if...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national carers passport scheme.

    • Mental Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse the NHS has paid to (a) Psychiatry-UK LLP and (b) ADHD 360 in each of the last three years.

      Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has been made on implementing the NHS Long Term Plan commitment to ensure that children with learning...

      Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the early identification of people with familial hypercholesterolaemia in (a)...

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the framework on reducing waiting times for musculoskeletal treatments set out in the...

      Neurology: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people affected by neurological conditions have access to appropriate (a) treatment...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure waiting times for cancer treatment are reduced.

      Asbestosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to (a) support people affected by and (b) protect future generations against the impacts of asbestosis.

      Ophthalmic Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the results of the independent evaluation of the NHS England Special Schools Eye Care Service; and what clinical...

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to local NHS dental services for children in (a) England and (b) Somerton and Frome...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free prescriptions for immunosuppressants for transplant patients.

      Life Expectancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of when healthy life expectancy will have increased by five years compared to 2019.

      Mental Health Services: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people in England live within one hour's drive of a memory service.

      Bowel Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve outcomes for bowel cancer patients.

      Lung Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in the UK have been affected by the reduction of spirometry testing in primary care; and what steps his Department is...

      Children: Hospices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS England Children's Hospice Grant will be continued beyond 2023-24.

      HIV Infection: Prescription Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making pre-exposure prophylaxis available as part of plans to make...

      Radiology: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant paediatric interventional radiology posts in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c)...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the dementia diagnosis rate in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency and (b) England.

      Asthma: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England are awaiting spirometry asthma assessments; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times...

      Stomach Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of trends in the number of people diagnosed with...

      Long Covid: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of long covid on trends in the number of people who are not...

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to mandate the location of defibrillators in all businesses and newly built homes.

      Defibrillators: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Number of defibrillators to be increased with new funding, published by his Department on 29...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres in England offer mammography services; and whether any community diagnostic centres provide routine...

      Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to create the role of a national allergy tsar within the NHS.

      Infant Mortality: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of (a) stillbirth and (b) neonatal death rates in (i) Feltham and Heston constituency, (ii) the London Borough...

      Audiology: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of NHS audiology appointments outsourced to private companies.

      Paramedical Staff: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to update the NHS cervical screening programme guidance to allow paramedics to train as cervical screening sample...

      Diabetes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) address the backlog in NHS England's diabetes service, (b) promote greater integration of...

      Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the early diagnosis of rare cancer and (b) establish efficient pathways for patients to access...

      Defibrillators: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many public defibrillators are operational in each London Boroughs.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS workforce strategy will include provisions for NHS Trusts in England to hire the additional cancer workforce needed to...

      HIV Infection: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the (a) UK Health Security Agency, (b) British HIV Association and (c) other...

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity.

      Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the development of NICE guidelines for...

      Protective Clothing: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May to question 172423 on Protective Clothing: China, whether his Department has made an estimate of...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prevention is central to NHS dental care.

      Earwax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure the provision by the NHS of safe and free earwax removal services.

      Dental Services: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists not currently providing NHS services who would be able to do so following the changes...

      Dental Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists not currently providing NHS services who could do so following the changes he is...

      Brain Cancer: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department it taking steps to improve access to industry clinical trials amongst patients with glioblastoma.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Crackdown on illegal sale of vapes, published on 9 April 2023, whether his...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2023 to Question 184346 on Protective Clothing: Contracts and with reference to the National Audit...

      Carers: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) practical and (b) financial support the Government plans to provide to unpaid carers in Stockport constituency.

      General Practitioners: Lung Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to provide GP practices with increased funding to improve (a) spirometry testing capacity and (b) care for...

      General Practitioners: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS GPs there were in the London Borough of Enfield in each year since 2010.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many participants were recruited to industry-sponsored clinical trials in each of the National Institute for Health and Care...

      General Practitioners: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of the change to the National Clinical Impact Awards on academic medical doctors who...

      Heart Diseases: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding his Department has provided for research into cardiac risk in young adults in the last 12 months.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to purchase AstraZeneca’s COVID antibody treatment AZD3152 to treat immunocompromised individuals who are...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to fast-track the approval of the Evusheld vaccine.

      Mould: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hospitalisations which were attributed to household mould inhalation in each of the last...

      IVF: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's estimated timescale is for bringing into force the removal of the financial burden for In-Vitro Fertilisation for...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 184237 on Genito-urinary Medicine: Mental Health Services, if his Department will make an...

      Menopause: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many menopause clinics are available through the NHS in England; and where these clinics are located.

      Prescriptions: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of maternity exemption certificates amongst (a) NHS staff and (b) pregnant women.

      Menopause: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of menopause clinics through the NHS in England.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the email of the 8 of March 2023 from the hon. Member for Rochdale on sexual offences in Greater Manchester.

      HIV Infection: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the level of diabetes in pregnant women with HIV.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend the offer of two Covid-19 vaccinations to people aged five on or before 31 August 2022 and over...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Vaccine Damage Payment.

      Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support patients receiving a stem cell transplant with the cost of living.

  • Home Office

    • Action Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to investigate cases at Action Fraud.

    • Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to reintroduce the ban on animal experimentation.

      Asylum: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the speed at which asylum applications are processed for people from Sudan.

      Metropolitan Police: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that serving Metropolitan Police officers who are under investigation are not on operational duties.

      Police: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police cars carry a defibrillator.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to review the drug classification of (a) monkey dust and (b) other synthetic cathinones.

      Asylum: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason asylum seekers from Afghanistan are required to find their own accommodation in the UK; and if she will make it her police...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle knife crime.

      Hate Crime: Transphobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to tackle increases in transphobic hate crime.

      HM Passport Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve access to priority appointments at the Passport Office; and if she will make a statement.

      Immigration: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the National Crime Agency has made on tackling organised immigration crime.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has provided to passport applicants who do not know anyone who meets the criteria for photograph...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to create safe routes for asylum seekers to enter the UK.

      Hate Crime: Transphobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to tackle the rise in transphobic hate crime.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the backlog of asylum applications.

      Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on countering foreign disinformation in the UK.

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of police participation in Domestic Abuse Matters training in (a) Enfield...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the list of accepted occupations for passport application and photo countersignatories; and whether she...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent delays in processing passport applications; and if she will make a statement.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps steps she is taking to improve waiting times for passport applications; and if she will make a statement.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications took longer than ten weeks to process in the first quarter of 2023.

      Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were made between 1 January and 31 March 2023.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainian crew members working on cruise ships in the UK will be eligible to apply to one of the visa schemes for Ukrainian...

      Illegal Migration Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the equality impact assessment for the Illegal Migration Bill, dated 26 April 2023, was not published until 10 May 2023.

      Immigration Removal Centres: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many LGBTQI+ people are in immigration detention in the UK.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 180360 on Refugees: Rwanda, whether her Department has set a provisional upper limit for...

      Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her department calculates the weekly allowance received by asylum seekers on aspen cards.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications took longer than three weeks to process in the first quarter of 2023.

      Refugees: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a designated relocation scheme for Sudanese refugees.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan citizens have been granted resettlement under Pathway 2 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to date; what discussions...

      Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support victims of domestic abuse.

      Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available for migrant victims of domestic abuse.

      Hate Crime: Transphobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's strategy is for tackling the increase in transphobic hate crime.

      Hate Crime: Transphobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the rise in transphobic hate crime.

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of police participation in Domestic Abuse Matters training in (a) Watford and...

      Hate Crime: Transphobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle transphobic hate crime.

      Asylum: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of right to work applications made by asylum seekers were accepted in 2021-22.

      Home Office: Deloitte

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract awarded by her Department to Deloitte LLP on 1 February (C20345), if she will publish copies of (a) Appendix...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Alternative Fuel Payments: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps his Department has taken to facilitate access to the Alternative Fuel Payment for people without a permanent address.

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of households that are (a) eligible for and (b) have not...

      Energy: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce wait times for new green energy projects to connect to the national grid.

      Climate Change Cabinet Committee: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to appoint a temporary Chair for the Committee on Climate Change at the end of June; and when he expects the new...

      Climate Change Cabinet Committee: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) candidates and (b) potential applicants for the role of Climate Change Committee Chair.

      Climate Change Cabinet Committee: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many applications his Department has received for the position of Climate Change Committee Chair.

      Waste: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department have set targets for the proportion of waste that is (a) recycled and (b) reused.

      Climate Change Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the reasons his Department extended the application deadline for the position of Climate Change Committee Chair to 1 May 2023.

      Construction and Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the budget for allocation round five of the...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the output of offshore wind.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of heat network customers who are eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative...

      Alternative Fuel Payments: Houseboats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to announce details of an alternative fuel payment for people who live on houseboats as continuous...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of grid constraints on the ability to charge electric vehicles in rural areas.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of giving Ofgem responsibility for delivering a net-zero economy on the rollout of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the progress of trial schemes for e-scooters; and what plans he has to introduce legislation on e-scooters before those...

    • M3

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the M3 westbound speed limit is 50mph at Junction 2; and for what reason the carriageway is reduced to one lane at that junction.

      Bus Services: Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 17 February 2020 to Question 13938 of that session, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of...

      Buses: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is taking steps to incentivise the procurement of British-built buses through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.

      Roads: Active Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer given on 10 May 2023 to Questions 184394 to 184396, if he will ask National Highways to undertake an assessment of the adequacy...

      Cars: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a minimum level of brightness car lights must have when driving at night.

      Motorways: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will he plans to end the use of Smart Motorways.

      Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of low traffic neighbourhoods on levels of congestion.

      Motorcycles: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2020 to Question 105392 on Motorcycles: Noise, whether his Department plans to publish its research into whether...

      Refugees: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to provide support to refugees who wish to register their vehicles in the UK.

      Electric Cables: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of cable theft affecting train services have been reported in the last 12 months for which figures are available; what steps the...

      Cycleways: High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of constructing a cycle lane alongside the HS2 line from London to Birmingham.

      High Speed 2 Line: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of salt caverns on the safety of the ground along the HS2 route in (a) Weaver Vale constituency...

      High Speed 2 Line: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the presence of brine on (a) levels of subsidence and (b) ground condition on the HS2 route...

      High Speed 2 Line: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any ground investigations for HS2 have been carried out in (i) Weaver Vale (ii) Cheshire; and whether it is his policy to publish the evidence...

      Official Cars: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the Government car fleet is ultra-low emission vehicles.

      Bus Services: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local transport authorities (a) applied for and (b) were successful in applying for funding from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the £2 bus fare cap scheme on bus patronage.

      Active Travel: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding for active travel was allocated to the South West for the (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25 financial years...

      Driving Tests: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of driving test appointments available in (a) the London Borough of Southwark and (b) London.

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce an industry-funded price support mechanism to help secure private investment in UK sustainable aviation fuel plants; and if he...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Conditions of Employment: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Oral contribution on 11 May 2023, Official Report, in response to the Urgent Question on the Retained EU Law...

    • EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180243 on EU Law, whether her department holds searchable IT archives employing the...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180243 on EU Law, whether her department holds searchable IT archives setting out...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180243 on EU Law, whether her Department conducted audits to assess the performance of...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180243 on EU Law, whether her Department holds searchable IT archives setting out...

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) consumer rights and (b) support available to consumers who purchase goods and...

      Environment Protection: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the announcement on 11 November 2021 by her Department of the Clean Growth programme, how many businesses in England...

      Defence: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of the global defence export market the UK accounted for in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

      Department for Business and Trade: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to (a) her Department, (b) the former Department for International Trade and (c) the former...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a 10 per cent tariff on the import of vehicles on the UK's car manufacturing sector.

      Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of Statutory Instruments which will be necessary to implement the Neonatal Care...

      Taiwan: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many defence export licences have been issued for material for export to Taiwan in each of the last ten financial years.

      Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on cross-departmental work on implementing Neonatal Leave and Pay; and...

      Manufacturing Industries: Rules of Origin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of goods manufactured in the UK that meet the rules of origin requirements of the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of maintaining the level of the Local Housing Allowance in financial year 2023-24 on the...

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the increased rate of Universal Credit began on 10 April 2023; and what steps he took to ensure that those with assessment...

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who need (a) refreshable braille displays and (b) other additional hardware to use computers can...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to ensure all Work Coaches receive specific training in the barriers to employment faced by disabled people,...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to alter the Universal Credit assessment and payment process to prevent repayments being demanded after the...

      Universal Credit: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2023 to Question 183251 on Universal Credit: Young People, what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Universal Credit: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of applying for Universal Credit on the mental health of recipients.

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he will take to ensure that those who need (a) refreshable braille displays and (b) other additional hardware to use computers are...

      State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that everyone who is considering making voluntary National Insurance Contribution payments...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to gather the views of disabled jobseekers on the training provided to (i) Work Coaches and (ii) Disability Employment...

      State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new full-time equivalent staff have started working on the Future Pension Centre helpline since 1 January 2023.

      Pension Credit: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure pensioners eligible for Pension Credit claim before the 19 May 2023 deadline in order to qualify for the...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the number of Deduction of Earnings Orders issued by the Child Maintenance Service to the...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by his Department to respond to complaints about Personal Independence Payments...

      Personal Independence Payment: Dentures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department does not consider dentures to be an aid for carrying out daily living activity for Personal Independence...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he plans to take steps to consult with representatives of (a) disability charities and (b) disabled people's organisations on the...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on providing the Disability Confident scheme in each of the last five financial years.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have received (a) any Disability Confident accreditation, (b) Level 1 Disability Confident status, (c) Level 2 Disability...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an ethnicity pay gap report for the Prime Minister’s Office for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap...

    • Domestic Abuse: Homicide

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many domestic homicides there have been in each year since 2010.

      Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer 162222 of 14 March 2023, on Veterans: LGBT+ People, if he will take steps to publish the Government's response to the independent...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the use of...

    • Cambodia: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision by the Cambodian Electoral...

      South Sudan: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) diplomatic support the Government is providing to help keep the peace process in South...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Taliban's ban on female aid workers on the UK's...

      UN Commission on the Status of Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of the delegates in the official UK Government delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women 67...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 184022 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...

      Turkey: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 27 April to Question 181634 on Turkey: Earthquakes and of 3 May to Questions 182972,...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity...

      Ukraine: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the continuance of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

      Western Sahara: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help resolve the conflict in the Western Sahara.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Corporate Governance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 184326 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Corporate...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the plans to reply to the letter of 13 April on his visit to Armenia in May from the Hon. Member for East...

      Nigeria: Oppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle the persecution of and violence against (a) Christians and (b) other...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to train teachers on (a) autism and (b) other neuro-diverse conditions.

    • Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to help ensure children in care are not moved away from where they were born.

      Children and Young People: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the Chief Medical Officer's guidance on recommended activity levels for children and young...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to ensure food vouchers are available for asylum-seeking children during school holidays.

      Multi-academy Trusts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of multi-academy trusts on costs for schools in the 2021-22 financial year; and if she...

      Children and Young People: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the role of physical activity in promoting mental wellbeing among children and young people.

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that children from under-served communities are supported to take part in school sport.

      Shipbuilding: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to convene a network of excellence for shipbuilding training providers.

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's estimated timeframe is for releasing the new School Sport and Activity Action Plan.

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to help reduce potential cost barriers to accessing branded school uniform for asylum seeking children.

      Schools: Festivals and Special Occasions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing Muslim students to take additional time off school during Eid.

      National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential effects of SATs on children’s (a) mental health and (b) well-being.

      Relationships and Sex Education: Adoption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the review of relationships and sex education will seek to improve relationships education for children who have been adopted.

      Teachers: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on National Professional Qualifications in the academic year 2021-22; and how much it is projected to spend in (a)...

      Multi-academy Trusts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the accountability of executive heads of multi-academy trusts.

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the statutory guidance provided to schools on the costs of school uniforms.

      Educational Institutions: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the results of its questionnaire to schools, further education colleges and local authority maintained nurseries...

      Secondary Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase the number of planning, preparation and assessment periods provided for teachers in secondary schools for (a)...

      Children in Care: Restraint Techniques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of whether there is evidence of handcuffing of children in care during secure transportation.

      School Rebuilding Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of completed projects under the school rebuilding programme.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163895 on Schools: Buildings, how many school buildings with significant safety issues that could...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the expected impact on levels of participation in the National Tutoring Programme of changes in the subsidy rate in...

      Overseas Students: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the support available to families moving to the UK on a student visa.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the role of apprenticeship intermediaries in improving the (a) number and (b) quality of apprenticeships available.

      Post-18 Education and Funding Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Probate: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the target for the maximum time within which responses should be made to Probate applications was changed from eight to 16 weeks; and...

    • Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on implementing the key findings from the 2016 Farmer Review on cutting the cycle of re-offending.

      Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce attacks on prison officers.

      Prison Officers: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) impact of the prison officer retirement age on safety in prisons and (b) merits of aligning the...

      Judges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people able to apply to become a judge.

      Prisoners' Release: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers had an origin address in Wales by prison establishment in 2022.

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information the Government holds on the average time between (a) a landlord making an application to court for the eviction of a tenant and (b) the...

      Prisons: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase prison staffing levels.

      Prisoners: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, steps he plans to take to improve the safety of people in prisons.

      Prisoners: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving the mental health of people in prisons.

      Prisoners: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the safety of women in prisons.

      Prisons: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sniffer dogs work across the prison estate; and what the annual cost to the public purse of the use of those dogs is.

      Reoffenders: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of serious further offence notifications that have resulted in a conviction in 2021-22 broken down by original...

      Homicide: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were serving (a) sentences for manslaughter and (b) life sentences for manslaughter as of 17 May 2023.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Hercules Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a full Ministry of Defence’s Combined Operational Effectiveness Investment Appraisal was conducted on the decision to retire the Hercules...

    • A400M Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to procure the Platform Universal Rigid Inflatable Boat Aerial Delivery system for the Royal Air Force's fleet of A400M...

      Military Bases: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2021–22 published on 31 March 2022, what the value of the Defence Estate is...

      HMS Prince of Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days HMS Prince of Wales was at sea in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.

      Type 83 Destroyers: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on the Type 83 destroyer programme.

      Ministry of Defence: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for...

      Chinook Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to take delivery of 14 new CH-47 extended range aircraft.

      Ministry of Defence: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2023 to Question 184569 on Ministry of Defence: Data Protection, how many individuals were affected by each of these...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff are working on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.

      Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Military Aid to Civilian Authorities requests his Department (a) received and (b) in approved each month since January 2022.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Biology: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support synthetic biology research.

    • Science: Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to help ensure the availability of suitable, affordable lab space for UK science start ups across...

      Misinformation: General Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks of deepfake (a) audio, (b) photo and (c) video content to the...

  • Treasury

    • Capital Gains Tax: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of equalising capital gains tax with income tax rates.

    • Sanctions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's guidance to Ministers in 2021 on issuing special licenses to persons or organisations for activities otherwise...

      Treasury: Equal Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for employers...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 8 February 2023 and 24 March 2023 from the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran on money...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications (a) crown servants, (b) contractors and (c) their family members have submitted to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation...

      Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank in the UK.

      Wealth: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one to two per cent wealth tax on assets over £10 million.

      National Insurance: Investment Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying national insurance deductions to investment income.

      Retail Trade: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's Tourism Recovery Plan: Update on Delivery, published in March 2023, what assessment he has made of the impact of the...

      Stocks and Shares: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a four per cent tax on share buyback.

      Bank Cards: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to review the Interchange Fee Regulation in the United Kingdom for domestic interchange fee caps.

      Help to Save Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have benefitted from a Help to Save account in each of the last three years.

      Pensioners: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183125 on Pensioners: Taxation, when he plans to publish that data for 2023-24.

      Mortgages: Hornsey and Wood Green

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the numbers of households in Hornsey & Wood Green constituency that have fallen into arrears with their...

      Money Laundering: Cryptoassets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) what progress the Financial Conduct Authority has made in its registration process for cryptoasset businesses under the Money Laundering Regulations,...

      Electronic Funds Transfer

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers who have been caused financial hardship by misdirected electronic payments; and what steps his...

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the real terms (a) percentage change and (b) change in pounds sterling of child benefit allowance for a (a) first child b)...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing Official Development Assistance funding for the Prosperity Fund.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Post Offices: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what services are currently offered by mobile service Post Offices in rural areas; and whether they will ensure that all services offered by Post Offices,...

    • Products: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government why discussions have been held with major online marketplaces on how to tackle unsafe products, such as toys, being sold via third-party sellers in the UK.

      Xinjiang: Forced Labour

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, in light of the findings of the report of Dr Adrian Zenz, to prevent companies sourcing Xinjiang cotton from supplying slave-made goods...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a delay of seven weeks for the (1) analysis, and (2) assessment, of stage 3 cancer biopsy results on patients...

    • Screening: Royal Berkshire Hospital

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes and consequences of any delays in the (1) handling, and (2) supply, of histopathology test results supplied by...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the expected timeframe for homecare medicines providers to resolve complaints made by people receiving homecare medicines in England from the date the...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assurances they have received in the past 12 months from the Care Quality Commission and General Pharmaceutical Council about the standard of care provided by...

      Carers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what additional (1) practical, and (2) financial, support they intend to provide to unpaid careers, given new research by Carers UK which shows they are providing...

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Trade Competitiveness

      To ask His Majesty's Government in what ways the secondary competitiveness and economic growth objective under the Financial Services and Markets Bill will support the financial sector.

    • Crown Estate Commissioners: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to transfer responsibility for the Crown Estate in Wales, including the coastline and seabed, to Senedd Cymru.

      Monetary Policy: Wealth

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of quantitative easing since 2009 on the distribution of wealth by (1) age, and (2) region, across the UK.

  • Department for Education

    • Vocational Guidance: Specific Learning Difficulties

      To ask His Majesty's Government where the framework for the advice that the careers services provide to jobseekers with (1) dyslexia, and (2) other specific learning difficulties, can be found online.

    • Department for Education: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of staff working in the Department for Education have a teaching qualification.

      Schools: Absenteeism

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a register of children who are not in school, with a view to monitoring school absence data more closely; and if so, to what timeline.

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation: Freight

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of restrictions on night flights on the efficiency of air freight (1) into, (2) out of, and (3) within, the UK.

  • Home Office

    • Racial Violence: Government Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support people experiencing racist assault.

    • Daniel Morgan Independent Panel

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the circumstances under which documents relating to the murder of Daniel Morgan, which were discovered locked in a cabinet at Scotland...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the accessibility of energy efficiency support schemes.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns expressed by (1) Dr Geoffrey Hinton, and (2) other employees of Google and Microsoft, reported in the New York Times on...

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